Civil vengeance: literature, culture, and early modern revenge
What is revenge, and what purpose does it serve? On the early modern English stage, depictions of violence and carnage—the duel between Hamlet and Laertes that leaves nearly everyone dead or the ghastly meal of human remains served at the end of Titus Andronicus—emphasize arresting acts of revenge t...
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Zusammenfassung: | What is revenge, and what purpose does it serve? On the early modern English stage, depictions of violence and carnage—the duel between Hamlet and Laertes that leaves nearly everyone dead or the ghastly meal of human remains served at the end of Titus Andronicus—emphasize arresting acts of revenge that upset the social order. Yet the subsequent critical focus on a narrow selection of often bloody "revenge plays" has overshadowed subtler and less spectacular modes of vengeance present in early modern culture.In Civil Vengeance, Emily L. King offers a new way of understanding early modern revenge in relation to civility and community. Rather than relegating vengeance to the social periphery, she uncovers how facets of society—church, law, and education—relied on the dynamic of retribution to augment their power such that revenge emerges as an extension of civility. To revise the lineage of revenge literature in early modern England, King rereads familiar revenge tragedies (including Marston's Antonio's Revenge and Kyd's The Spanish Tragedy) alongside a new archive that includes conduct manuals, legal and political documents, and sermons. Shifting attention from episodic revenge to "idian forms, Civil Vengeance provides new insights into the manner by which retaliation informs identity formation, interpersonal relationships, and the construction of the social body |
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spelling | King, Emily L. 1982- Verfasser (DE-588)1196750939 aut Civil vengeance literature, culture, and early modern revenge Emily L. King Ithaca ; London Cornell University Press [2019] © 2019 1 Online-Ressource (xiii, 170 Seiten) txt rdacontent c rdamedia cr rdacarrier What is revenge, and what purpose does it serve? On the early modern English stage, depictions of violence and carnage—the duel between Hamlet and Laertes that leaves nearly everyone dead or the ghastly meal of human remains served at the end of Titus Andronicus—emphasize arresting acts of revenge that upset the social order. Yet the subsequent critical focus on a narrow selection of often bloody "revenge plays" has overshadowed subtler and less spectacular modes of vengeance present in early modern culture.In Civil Vengeance, Emily L. King offers a new way of understanding early modern revenge in relation to civility and community. Rather than relegating vengeance to the social periphery, she uncovers how facets of society—church, law, and education—relied on the dynamic of retribution to augment their power such that revenge emerges as an extension of civility. To revise the lineage of revenge literature in early modern England, King rereads familiar revenge tragedies (including Marston's Antonio's Revenge and Kyd's The Spanish Tragedy) alongside a new archive that includes conduct manuals, legal and political documents, and sermons. Shifting attention from episodic revenge to "idian forms, Civil Vengeance provides new insights into the manner by which retaliation informs identity formation, interpersonal relationships, and the construction of the social body Geschichte 1580-1660 gnd rswk-swf England Medieval & Renaissance Studies Shakespeare, Renaissance, England, violence, revenge tragedy, conduct books, Interregnum LITERARY CRITICISM / Shakespeare bisacsh Civil society in literature English drama Early modern and Elizabethan, 1500-1600 History and criticism English literature Early modern, 1500-1700 History and criticism Revenge in literature Revenge Social aspects England History Rache (DE-588)4126467-8 gnd rswk-swf Rachetragödie (DE-588)4231289-9 gnd rswk-swf Englisch (DE-588)4014777-0 gnd rswk-swf Kultur (DE-588)4125698-0 gnd rswk-swf Literatur (DE-588)4035964-5 gnd rswk-swf England (DE-588)4014770-8 gnd rswk-swf England (DE-588)4014770-8 g Literatur (DE-588)4035964-5 s Kultur (DE-588)4125698-0 s Rache (DE-588)4126467-8 s Geschichte 1580-1660 z 1\p DE-604 Englisch (DE-588)4014777-0 s Rachetragödie (DE-588)4231289-9 s 2\p DE-604 Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe 978-1-5017-3965-1 https://doi.org/10.7591/9781501739668 Verlag URL des Erstveröffentlichers Volltext 1\p cgwrk 20201028 DE-101 https://d-nb.info/provenance/plan#cgwrk 2\p cgwrk 20201028 DE-101 https://d-nb.info/provenance/plan#cgwrk |
spellingShingle | King, Emily L. 1982- Civil vengeance literature, culture, and early modern revenge England Medieval & Renaissance Studies Shakespeare, Renaissance, England, violence, revenge tragedy, conduct books, Interregnum LITERARY CRITICISM / Shakespeare bisacsh Civil society in literature English drama Early modern and Elizabethan, 1500-1600 History and criticism English literature Early modern, 1500-1700 History and criticism Revenge in literature Revenge Social aspects England History Rache (DE-588)4126467-8 gnd Rachetragödie (DE-588)4231289-9 gnd Englisch (DE-588)4014777-0 gnd Kultur (DE-588)4125698-0 gnd Literatur (DE-588)4035964-5 gnd |
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title | Civil vengeance literature, culture, and early modern revenge |
title_auth | Civil vengeance literature, culture, and early modern revenge |
title_exact_search | Civil vengeance literature, culture, and early modern revenge |
title_full | Civil vengeance literature, culture, and early modern revenge Emily L. King |
title_fullStr | Civil vengeance literature, culture, and early modern revenge Emily L. King |
title_full_unstemmed | Civil vengeance literature, culture, and early modern revenge Emily L. King |
title_short | Civil vengeance |
title_sort | civil vengeance literature culture and early modern revenge |
title_sub | literature, culture, and early modern revenge |
topic | England Medieval & Renaissance Studies Shakespeare, Renaissance, England, violence, revenge tragedy, conduct books, Interregnum LITERARY CRITICISM / Shakespeare bisacsh Civil society in literature English drama Early modern and Elizabethan, 1500-1600 History and criticism English literature Early modern, 1500-1700 History and criticism Revenge in literature Revenge Social aspects England History Rache (DE-588)4126467-8 gnd Rachetragödie (DE-588)4231289-9 gnd Englisch (DE-588)4014777-0 gnd Kultur (DE-588)4125698-0 gnd Literatur (DE-588)4035964-5 gnd |
topic_facet | England Medieval & Renaissance Studies Shakespeare, Renaissance, England, violence, revenge tragedy, conduct books, Interregnum LITERARY CRITICISM / Shakespeare Civil society in literature English drama Early modern and Elizabethan, 1500-1600 History and criticism English literature Early modern, 1500-1700 History and criticism Revenge in literature Revenge Social aspects England History Rache Rachetragödie Englisch Kultur Literatur |
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